Custard... Ew. (Late because I hate custard.)

I had a mother/daughter bonding day and we made custard.

Mmmm. Custard.

And by "Mmmm," I mean "OH GOD WHY??"

No, honestly, it's a good custard recipe, except for two things: Uno, I kind of sort of maybe burned the caramel. A lot. Dos, it turns out that I really dislike custard. Live and learn? Meh.

Well, if YOU happen to like custard, here's the recipe:

Use custard cups OR a glass pan-bowl-thing (mine is still at Jess' & McK's house from the smores bars).

For Custard with Caramel:
1/2 cup sugar for the caramel
2 egg yolks
3 eggs
3 cups "very hot" milk
Another 1/2 cup sugar for the custard
1/8 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
Nutmeg

STEP OOOOONE:
Make the caramel coating. Pour the 1/2 cup sugar into a heavy-bottomed skillet.


Turn the heat UUUUUUP (I had it on 5). Don't stir, but shake the skillet around so the sugar moves.


When it turns into caramel-looking goo...


...take it off (quick) and pour it into your custard-holding medium of choice. Swirl that shit around the bottom & sides quickly, or else it hardens.


DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT I MADE AND COOK IT TOO LONG. ALSO NOTE THAT IT CONTINUES TO COOK IN THE SKILLET AFTER YOU REMOVE IT FROM THE BURNER SO MAKE HASTE. Unless, of course, you are partial to the taste of ass.


If it looks like this, START OVER.

STEP TWOOOOO:
Preheat the oven to 325. Or don't. See if I care. Then take the milk and make it hot. (We nuked it for 5 minutes, checking it every two minutes.)


STEP THREEEE:
While the milk is nuking, put all the eggs in a big bowl & beat them like they owe you money.




Add the other 1/2 cup sugar and mix that in too.


(Side note: THIS CONSISTENCY IS WEEEEEEIRD.)

STEP FOOOUR:
Slowly pour in the hot milk, stirring the whole time.

Pour too fast, BAM! Cooked eggs.

This part is good to have a helper for because srsly? Pouring hot milk from big bowl into other bowl + stirring = much spillage without help. Also, taking a picture of this was rough.

/end whining.



STEP FIIIIVE:
Add vanilla & mix.



STEP SIIIIIX:
Strain into your bowls/pan/whatever.


Sprinkle nutmeg on top.

STEP SEVENNN:
Fill up a pan with 1" hot water, put that in the oven.

Why?

Because I said so.

Now put your custard cups/pan/etc in the pan & close the oven.


Bake for 45 min & check if it's done. (It isn't.) Continue baking until it IS done. You know it's done when you insert a knife in the middle & it comes out clean.

STEP EIIIIGHT:
Refrigerate. Eat. Puke. Or give to someone who DOES like custard.


Ain't they cute?


Yyyyyyyyyyyyyeah, no.

<3,
TWC